A Whateley Academy Tale

Submission Guidelines

First off, all
of us are pleased and flattered our work has been so well received in the
community.† So much so, that weíve already started to get requests for writing,
prompting this guide line.† If youíre not interested in writing in the Whateley
Academy Universe, you need not read any further.

If you are
interested in writing in the universe, there are some things you should be
aware of first.

1
Acceptance of submission means and requires that you give your
consent for your characters to appear in stories other accepted authors write
in the Universe.† A certain amount of professional courtesy is expected for
such appearances.† The characters creating author has final say on how their
character is portrayed.

2
The Universe Creators have final say on whether or not something fits or
is allowed to happen in that universe.† There are NO exceptions to this rule.

4
The Submitting Author (thatís you) agree to any contract of publishment
to be negotiated by the Universe Creators.† Such a contract shall be negotiated
in good faith and you will be paid an equitable sum for any
story/novel/novella etc, to be published in hard format.† Further, should such
a contract be signed, you agree, sight unseen to the choices of the Universe
Creators and grant them and their Publisher right of first release.

Ok, thatís
enough legalese for now.† J

What all of
that means is, you donít abuse anyone elseís character and they wonít abuse
yours.† Bek, Maggie, Babs, Starwolf and Scrambler J have the right to tell you
that you canít blow up in the Academy in your story and you have to abide by
that ruling.† Also, if they manage to convince a publisher to publish all these
fine works out in the real world, you will be paid for your stories, but agree
to let them negotiate on your behalf and allow that publisher to publish your
stuff.

Now, on to the
important stuff.† Want to write a story?† Cool!† Hereís how to go about it.

1.
Send a DETAILED description of your character(s) to the Universe
Creators using the following format:

Hero Name ďNicknameĒ (2F) (Year of
school Sex)

Name† :††††††† Real Name

Height:†††††††††

Weight:††††††††

Age:††††††††††††

Hair:†††††††††††† Color and style

Eyes:††††††††††† Color

Face:††††††††††† Shape and rough
description

Build:††††††††††† Slight/athletic/muscular,
etc.

Race+:††††††††† Your characters
race and sexual orientation

POB:†††††††††††† Where they were
born

Assoc: What cottage and team your
character is in

Author:†††††††† Your Name

Appearance:† What the character physically
looks like

General Description: A brief description of how your
character behaves and what their origins are.† This is IMPORTANT.† This is how
the other authors will know how to portray your character.†

Powers: ††What powers your character
possesses.† Be specific and through.

Skills:† Any other skills that make your
character stand out.

Personality:† Another important one that helps
the other authors know how your character should be portrayed.

Weaknesses:† Canít be around kryptonite under
a full moon?† Let us know here.

2.
Send a brief, but through synopsis of your story idea.† DO NOT START
WRITING.† Just a couple of paragraphs to give us an idea of what you plan to do
and when it will take place.† The further out you plan, the more likely youíll
be accepted.† Reading a story and wanting to pick up something right after it
is hard.† We have stuff going on that you wonít know about, yet.

3.
Write a brief section, chapter or so, 5 pages at most and attach it to
the email.† This will give us a look at your writing craft.† This is important
and no submission will be accepted without it.† It does not have to be Whateley
centric.† Just neat, well written and EDITED.

4.
IF your idea is accepted, youíll receive an email with a large
attachment, The Whateley Academy Universe Bible.† The holy grail of this
universe.† You will then READ that file, thereís a LOT of important information
in there.† It saves you asking questions and is an invaluable research tool

5.
You will NOT distribute that file to ANYONE.† Any accepted author who
shares the bible will have their stories stripped from the site and their
acceptance revoked.†

6.
Write!†

If you donít
hear back quickly, donít panic.† Weíre pretty busy.† If you havenít heard
anything yes or no in a week, send a short email with Whateley Submission
Follow Up in the Subject line.

If youíre not
accepted, a reason why will be in the email youíre sent.† We arenít being
needlessly cruel, but we want the caliber of this universe to be upheld.†

Once everything
you need is together, send an email to either (NOT both) Bekdcorvin@aol.com or mfinson@cox.net.

Thanks for
taking part in this great experiment and a heartfelt thank you to all our
readers.